Machine for combing bristles.



No. 747,650. PATENTED DEC. 22, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 22, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

BROR MAX SOHAUMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO UNIONBRISTLE AND FIBER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A COR- PORATION OF NEWYORK.

MACHINE FOR COi'v'iBlNG BRISTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 747,650, datedDecember 22, 1903. Application filed April 7, 1903. Serial No- 151A27.(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Bnon MAX SoHAUMAN, a subject of the King of Swedenand Norway, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Machines for Oombing Bristles, of which the following is aspecification.

Myinvention consists of a machine for removing short stock frombristlesthat is to say, combing out from a mass of bristles fed to themachine all bristles which are not of sufficient length to be of valueto the brushmaker. adapted to the removal of fine woolly hair which isintermingled with the bristles and which is of no value to thebrush-makers and which must therefore be removed if it is desired toenhance the value of the finished product.

The nature of my improvements will be best understood by reference tothe following drawings, in which Figure 1 illustrates a side elevationof my machine; Fig. 2,.a plan view of the same; Fig. 3, an end elevationof the machine as viewed from the left-hand side. Figs. 4:, 5, and 6 arediagrammatic views showing the paths taken by the main belts and twobinderbelts; and Fig. 7 is a perspective diagram showing the main beltsand binder-belts, together with the pulleys by which they are carried.

Referring to the reference-letters of the drawings, A represents themain frame of the machine, upon which is carried a series of pulleys toreceive a series of belts, all of which are driven from a maindrivingshaftB.

The belts-which convey the material to be treated through the machineare of three types, and throughout the specification I shall denotethese three as, first, the main belts, which are three in number;second, the upper binder-belt, which holds the material firmly inengagement with the main belt, and, third, the lower binder-belt, whichfirmly holds the material after it has been released by the upperbinder-belt.

Extending above the main frame A of the In addition to this my machineis machine are uprights A, A and A in which are secured shafts c, 0 and0 supporting grooved pulleys 0', C and 0 around which pass the mainbelts O. The uprights A also act as a support for a shaft 01, upon whichis loosely mounted a grooved pulleyD' to receive the upper binder-beltD. The main belts O extend from the pulleys C under pulleys O --on theshaft 01 to pulleys C C and journaled, respectively, upon shafts c c andc and thence to pulleys O C and C mounted, respectively, upon shafts c cand 0 and back again over the pulleys 0', O and C The upper binder-beltD after passing over the pulley D passes to pulleys D and D mounted,respectively, on the shafts c and c and thence passes over a pulley Dmounted upon a shaft 01 and under a pulley D mounted upon a shaft d, toa pulley D upon the shaft 0 The material to be acted upon is manuallyfed to the machine at a point X and is jointly carried by the main beltsand the upper binder-belt until it reaches the pulleys which are mountedupon the shaft 0 at which point the upper binder-belt leaves the mainbelts and is replaced by a lower binder-belt E,

which for some distance runs parallel With the main belts, passing overpulleys E, E E and E mounted, respectively, upon the shafts c c c andc", then over a pulley E mounted upon the shaft 0Z and under a pulley Emounted upon the shaft 01 to the starting-point.

It will be noticed that the arrangement of" the belts is such that theupper binder-belt occupies a position between two of the main belts onone side of the machine, while the lower binder-belt occupies a positionon the opposite side of the machine, the reason for which will bepresently explained when describing the combing mechanism.

The main belts and upper and lower binderbelts are all driven by thepulleys that they pass over, which are mounted upon the shaft 0 and thisshaft is driven in turn from the main driving-shaft B by pulleys B and Bprovided with a driving-belt B The combing, which is performed at therear of the machine, is carried out by means of two rotary combs F andF", which are mounted upon vertical shafts f and f and driven togetherby belt-wheels f and f carryinga belt f Power is transmitted to theshaftf by a belt 13*, which passes over a pulley B on the maindriving-shaft B and a pulley b on the vertical shaft f. The combing, aswill be noticed by reference to Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, isperformed at one point where the main belts and the upper binderbeltpass around the pulleys carried by the shaft 0 and at another pointwhere the main belts and the lower binder-belt pass around the pulleyscarried by the shaft 0 the object of this being to free from thetraveling line of bristles first on one side and then on the other anybristles which may not be of sufficient length to be firmly held by twoof the main belts and one of the binder-belts during both of the combingoperations. Thus, for instance, if there would pass before the firstcomb a number of bristles just long enough to be held from one side bytwo of the main belts and the one upper binder-belt they could not beremoved; but after the upper binder-belt had retreated and the lowerbinder-belt had come into action on the opposite side these samebristles, not being of suflicient length to be caught by the secondbinder-belt,would under the action of the second comb be removed fromthe longer bristles.

At the discharging end of the machine, which is at a point Y, I providea curved wire frame or receiver G to receive the finished product, whichis carried around to this point by the main belts C and the binder-beltD. The product upon reaching the front end of the receiver G encountersa gate H, consisting of a cross-bar provided with a number of teeth orprongs, which pass between the belts C and the belt D, as well as thewires of the framework constituting the receiver G. The gate H issecured to a lever I, which is supported upon a shaft 1', mounted insuitable bearings secured to the uprights A The lever I is guided at oneend in a frame h, consisting of a cross-bar fastened to the uprights Aand vertical arms or members, between which the lever I may freelyslide. The opposite end of the lever I is made in the form of a handle,by which it may be operated to raise and lower the gate H. The object ofthis gate is to line up or level the bristles and to hold them in checkuntil a hunch is formed, when by lifting the gate through the medium ofthe lever I, which is pivoted at t', the bunch will be allowed to passinto the receiver G.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. A machine of the character specified, comprising a series of mainbelts, a binderbelt adapted to travel into and out of line with the mainbelts, a rotary comb arranged adjacent to said belts, a secondbinder-belt, adapted to travel into and out of line with another part ofthe main belts, a rotary comb adjacent to the alined portion of the mainbelts and second binder-belts and means for interrupting the travel ofthe bristles at or near the end of their line of travel for the purposeof bunching the same, substantially as specified.

2. A machine of the character specified, comprising a series of mainbelts, a binderbelt adapted to travel into and out of line with the mainbelts, a rotary comb arranged adjacent to said belts, a secondbinder-belt, adapted to travel into and out of line with another partofthe main belts, a rotary comb adjacent to the alined portions of themain belts and said second binder-belt, and a gate located beyond thepoint of separation of the last-named belts, and adapted to be movedinto and out of line therewith, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BROR MAX SCI-IAUMAN.

Witnesses:

DAVID S. WILLIAMS, ARNOLD KATZ.

